Above the Sutlej gorge
9,000+ ft
Grown in the pristine high altitudes of Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh.
Pre-booking open · Harvest October 2026
The apple that outgrew the colour red.
Break the skin and the first thing you notice is the sound — a clean, sharp crack that only high-altitude fruit gives. Then the juice: sweet, dense, with a cool aromatic finish that lingers. The flesh is firm and pale against that near-black skin. If you have been searching for a Kinnaur apple online that tastes the way it does at the orchard, this is it.
Cold mountain nights slow the fruit's respiration, so it holds more of its own sugar and acidity. A short, slow season builds tighter, denser flesh.
Leave one on your counter, away from sunlight at room temperature — a week later it will still crack when you bite it. That is what altitude does.
Traders call it black gold. We call it Black Royal — the darkest expression of the Royal Delicious, from Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India's GI-recognised apple region. Orchards at Kalpa, in the shadow of the Kinner Kailash range, 9,000+ feet above sea level.
Colour coverage varies naturally — the side that faced the mountain sun runs darkest, and no two apples wear the same shade. That variation is the signature of real, unwaxed, tree-ripened fruit. Only apples with deep, predominant dark colour go into a Black Royal box. Hand-picked, orchard-packed, never waxed.
Pre-book your Kinnaur apple online now — full payment reserves your box from this season's lot.
Explore the Kinnaur apple pre-booking collection or read about Himflavours.
A source of dietary fibre and vitamin C. Naturally fat-free, cholesterol-free, sodium-free and gluten-free. About 95 kcal in a medium apple.
Our Roots Run Deep
Pure. Natural. Himalayan.
Above the Sutlej gorge
Grown in the pristine high altitudes of Kalpa, Himachal Pradesh.
India’s GI-recognised apple region
Home to some of the finest apples in India.
September – October
Nature’s perfect timing brings out the best.
Orchard-packed · never waxed
Carefully selected by hand, just as nature intended.
From the orchard, not the mandi
These apples are picked by hand in Kalpa and packed at the orchard within days — no wholesale mandi, no cold storage, no wax. The box that reaches you left the tree this month.
The side that faced the mountain sun runs darkest. No two apples wear the same shade — and that is exactly how you know they are real.
Pre-book your box